PRESS DIGEST-Canada-Feb 12

Feb 12 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

** The Ontario government will unveil a strategy in June to
combat human trafficking, and while it will not focus solely on
indigenous women, the province acknowledges that the
exploitation "overwhelmingly" affects indigenous women. (bit.ly/1V8iY2z)

** Voters in an Ontario by-election have meted out a harsh
blow to Premier Kathleen Wynne's Liberals, handing a 24-point
victory to the Progressive Conservatives in Whitby-Oshawa. (bit.ly/1owJiZL)

** Big Plastic is laying down the legal gauntlet against a
Montreal suburb that is looking at banning plastic bags later
this year. The Canadian Plastic Bag Association served the City
of Brossard with a legal letter on Thursday demanding it back
off on its proposed shopping-bag bylaw. Officials in the town
are expected to pass a bylaw next Tuesday that would see a ban
come into effect by September. (bit.ly/1V8n2je)